analogy

Analogy

The inference that two or more things that are similar to each other in some respects are also similar in other respects.

An analogy denotes that similarity exists in some characteristics of things that are otherwise not alike.

In a legal argument, an analogy may be used when there is no precedent (prior case law close in facts and legal principles) in point. Reasoning by analogy involves referring to a case that concerns unrelated subject matter but is governed by the same general principles and applying those principles to the case at hand.

First, he establishes a basis for the use of the analogy of proper proportionality (A is to B as C is to D) to speak about the ontological structures of realities, and does so primarily in terms of the act/potency composition in creatures and the existence/essence distinction.

It was troubling to read that practically all scholars who have explored and used the Israel analogy to support inclusivism are "wrong," "incorrect," and "erroneous," or have "misinterpreted," "misused," "failed to understand," and "misconstrued"--judgments repeated on nearly every page.

After an introduction that quickly sketches the philosophical problem of analogy and the history of reflection on it from Aristotle to Aquinas, Hochschild argues against the Thomistic paradigm in Chapter 1.

The first place to look for a record of the role of Darwin's finches in Darwin's thinking is in his published works, especially The Voyage of the Beagle (2) and The Origin of Species (3) where he argued for evolution by natural selection, an analogy for formation of new species.

First, the divine relations that are at the core of the hypothesis will be conceived on an analogy with human dynamic consciousness, and so that analogy must be accurately understood and presented as thoroughly as possible.

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